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Events from the 7th century in Ireland. 601 Probable year in which Colmán mac Cobthaig, Uí Fiachrach becomes king of Connacht. 602 or 604 Death of Áed...

The 640s decade ran from January 1, 640, to December 31, 649. February 27 – Pepin the Elder, Mayor of the Palace of Austrasia, dies and is succeeded by...

returning in 648 to rule Wessex as a Christian king. Anna probably provided military support for Cenwalh's return to his throne. During the late 640s, the...

1 May. Adomnan of Iona, a contemporary Irish abbot and saint, writes that the epidemic affects all of Ireland and Great Britain, except for Dál Riata...

Saint Gall in prose and verse. Gall's origin is a matter of dispute. According to his 9th-century biographers in Reichenau, he was from Ireland and entered...

Ali ibn Abi Talib (b. 555) Fiachnae mac Báetáin, king of Dál nAraidi (Ireland) Gaugericus, bishop of Cambrai (approximate date) Sexred, king of Essex...

Gododdin) in 638 or shortly thereafter, and there were battles against the men of Alt Clud (the Brythonic predecessor state of Strathclyde) in the 640s. While...

Cædmon likely flourishes from approximately 657 to 680 in Northumbria Laidcenn mac Buith Bannaig, Irish (d. 661) Cædmon's Hymn, Old English Dream of the Rood...

Anna (or Onna; killed 653 or 654) was king of East Anglia from the early 640s until his death. He was a member of the Wuffingas family, the ruling dynasty...

Pagoda in Chang'an (Shaanxi). Daqin is the name for the Roman Empire or the Near East. Disibod, Irish monk and hermit, arrives as a missionary in Francia...

palace (Austrasia) Radulf, king of Thuringia (approximate date) Trudpert, Irish missionary (or 607) Abu Lu'lu'a Firuz, assassin of Umar I Umar I, Muslim...

well as proficient in siege warfare and archery. They participated in Emperor Taizong of Tang's campaigns against Goryeo in the 640s and performed with...

(approximate date). King Oswiu of Bernicia seeks Irish support against the forces of Penda. While in Ireland he has a liaison with Fín, the granddaughter...

years. The dates are uncertain but it was probably in the late 640s or early 650s. He spent his exile in East Anglia, and was converted to Christianity there...

Cahors, Frankish bishop Foillan, Irish missionary (approximate date) Loingsech mac Colmáin, king of Connacht (Ireland) Theodore Rshtuni, Armenian general...

Yazdegerd III, king of the Persian Empire (d. 651) Approximate date – Adomnán, Irish abbot and hagiographer (d. 704) March 17 – Amr ibn Hishām, Arab polytheist...

chancellor, Grimoald the Elder, who makes his own son king, and exiles him to an Irish monastery. Dagobert is placed with Bishop Dido of Poitiers, while Grimoald's...

Riata is killed by the Dál nAraidi of the over-kingdom of Ulaid in north-eastern Ireland (approximate date). Summer – Muhammad, Islamic unifies all nomadic...

Cumianus (c. 641 – c. 736) was an Irish monk who became abbot of San Colombano di Bobbio around 715. He left Ireland as an old man. The intricately carved...

Neustrian monarchy first and foremost. Indeed, it is in the 640s that "Neustria" first appears in writing, its late appearance relative to "Austrasia"...